When did x happen? (which decade) How do you spell your name? What does each letter of the alphabet sound like?

A beginners' lesson using ser, tengo and family words.

Learners practice giving different nationalities.

An early lesson, looking at subject pronouns, the verb ser, asking about jobs, talking about family using simple numbers for most of the answers. Gets them talking Spanish straight away.

3 simple songs. We invent a barn dance for the first, a ribbon dance for the second, a barn dance for the third, and a self evident presentation or game for the 4th Thanks to my daughter for singing along with me.

The monster is a group of 3 children under a sheet. We find out how many of each body part it has by asking it. The monster sticks eg. its arms out from under the sheet and we count them.

A chant to teach learners the parts of the body. Dance with Juanito.

Whether you have Spanish speakers in your class, or you are teaching a little Spanish with young children, these pages with simple tasks and instructions in both languages might be useful. I cut mine up and make them into little books for the children to take home.

Words in Spanish that fit to the tunes 'When Santa got stuck up the chimney' and 'Jingle bells'. Some changes had to be made to make them fit better, so the translations are there too. I cut up the lines in one of the versions - Spanish usually - for learners to try to match to the translations. Brave singing at the end!

Counting off fingers as members of the family, either give the learners the sheet as it is for them to trace around the letters, or enlarge everything to give them a little book which they can augment with pictures of their family.

One about the body, one I'm called Maria, and one a Spanish version of the Bibedi babedi bu song from the Disney Cinderella film. Words in Spanish and English and colour coded sheet music.

Simple words and sheet music with colour coded notes (a couple of the notes are smudged - apologies), including translations.

As I read this story to the children they have short intervals to do what the children in the story are doing. They end up inventing a game called La monja and el diablo in which some language can be used - either English or Spanish. Every group of children invent a different game.

A first lesson, with giving our names, and words with ll in them.

A song and jumping dance to get hearts going and Spanish flowing first thing. Enjoy! I have included a ropey version of me singing the original song to give you an idea of the tune. Listen on low volume!

Based on a short story I read at school, this document gives students instructions to produce a play in Spanish to perform for other learners - ideal to encourage the study of language.

A series of songs and activities I used to introduce staff to speaking Spanish, then recorded with a friend (Hannah MacDonald thankyou, you are a star!). The activities include: Now we're going to sing, Count carefully, Paper, scissors stone, What does a giant do?, What&'s 'rain' in Spanish?, F with a says Fa Spanish vowel song, They&';ve taken the mountain to Spain, and What's in the box magic trick.

Study pronunciation rules, describe property, use the present perfect and object pronouns in dialogues about what you have lost and where you lost it.

Choose between a Christmas catch up letter in which you tell a friend what you have done this year, or an interview with a journalist about how winning the lottery has changed your life.

Learn how to say what has happened and make suggestions for a course of action.